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MCC Arabia launches its special Hajj application for smart phone users
Saturday, October 20, 2012 – Riyadh, Mobile Channels Company (MCC), the leading company specialized in mobile applications development and content distribution, has unveiled its integrated "Dorar Al-Hajj" application, specially designed to guide pilgrims on how to perform the Hajj rituals using their smart phones.
October 21, 2012 1:16 by Amjad Baker
Mobile Channels Company (MCC), the leading company specialized in mobile applications development and content distribution, has unveiled its integrated "Dorar Al-Hajj" application, specially designed to guide pilgrims on how to perform the Hajj rituals using their smart phones.
The free application encompasses easy-to-follow instructions for any Muslim intending to go to Makkah for the Hajj. It provides in-depth information on Hajj-related topics in accordance with the Qur'an and the Sunnah.
In his comment, MCC Arabia's General Manager, Salem Al Enzi, said: "As a leader in digital content development for mobile phones, MCC developed "Dorar Al-Hajj" application whose interactive, user-friendly interface will provide pilgrims with handy instructions and information on all Hajj-related rituals. In addition, the application encompasses "Fatawi Al-Hajj" service through which pilgrims can contact officials of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs for free if they have any inquiries on Hajj rituals."
"The idea of the application stemmed from the need to forestall the problems Muslim pilgrims may encounter during their journey. MCC's Hajj application will give users complete information and detailed guidelines to perform all the necessary acts during Hajj, starting from Ihram to the end of performing Hajj, supported with detailed, interactive maps for the holy sites," Al Enzi added.
Al Enzi noted that the application also contains audio Hajj-related verses from the Holy Qur'an and Islamic Ahadiths of Prophet Muhammad. Other than that, users can also view pictures of the different Holy places that are spread all over Saudi Arabia.
In addition to incorporating lists of important addresses and phone numbers which connect pilgrims to police, ambulance, or hospitals in case of emergency, the application enables pilgrims to share its content together with pictures of the Islamic places with friends via emails or social media networks.
It is worth mentioning that "Dorar Al-Hajj" application, which will be available via mobile application stores for users to download it, is compatible with most smartphone operating systems including iOS for iPhone and iPad, toether with Android, BlackBerry and Nokia smartphones.
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right timing for this discussion to get underway in general, this time
around the timing couldn't be better. China is talking Boeing and this is
a great lever for the US when China gets tough. Although labeling them a
currency manipulator would also hurt the US, but it wouldn't be as bad as
the potential impact on the Chinese.
Chris Farnham wrote:
Currency Dispute Likely to Further Fray U.S.-China Ties
By MARK LANDLER
Published: February 3, 2010
WASHINGTON - To the growing list of grievances between the United States
and China, add one more: the Obama administration is reviving American
pressure on China to stop artificially depressing its currency, a policy
that fuels its persistent trade gap with the United States.
The administration has told Chinese officials that currency policy will
be high on its agenda this year for economic talks with China, a senior
official said on Wednesday. The White House is also weighing whether to
designate China as a country that manipulates its currency, when
the Treasury Department issues its semiannual report on foreign
currencies in April.
President Obama signaled the tougher line on Wednesday, telling
Democratic senators that the United States needed "to make sure our
goods are not artificially inflated in price and their goods are not
artificially deflated in price; that puts us at a huge competitive
Reopening the battle with Beijing over its currency may pay political
dividends for Mr. Obama at a time of double-digit unemployment and
growing fears that China is stealing American jobs. But experts say the
president will have even less leverage over Beijing than
President George W. Bush did. Mr. Bush prodded China for years to adjust
its exchange rate with little success.
China, they say, is determined to reignite its export machine after a
global recession that sapped demand for Chinese goods. A cheap currency
is vital to that goal. And China's leaders have grown impatient with
lectures on economic policy from their chief debtor, the United States.
"It will be like water off a duck's back," said Nicholas R. Lardy, a
China expert at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
"They're puzzled by the criticism. They think they should be praised for
keeping their currency stable at a time of global turmoil."
Criticizing China's policy, however, is likely to worsen a relationship
already frayed by irritants on both sides.
In two weeks, Mr. Obama is expected to meet with the Dalai Lama, the
Tibetan spiritual leader, over the objections of the Chinese, who
condemn him as a subversive. The administration forged ahead with sales
of weapons to Taiwan, drawing an angry blast from Beijing, which regards
Taiwan as a breakaway province. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton criticized China for censoring the Internet, in the wake
of Google's allegations about hacking.
For its part, the United States is frustrated that the Chinese will not
back tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. And China
has resisted American initiatives on climate change policy, turning the
recent climate meeting in Copenhagen into a diplomatic drama.
The administration has struggled to prevent the ill will from any single
issue from contaminating the broader relationship. "We can't pick the
timing of when an issue becomes important," said a senior official, who
spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the
Exchange rates are an arcane subject, harder to explain than a meeting
with the Dalai Lama. But they influence easy-to-understand issues like
the competitiveness of American exports and job security.
"The currency issue has the potential to become a very hot political
issue," said Kenneth G. Lieberthal, who worked on China policy in the
Clinton White House. "We're in significant danger of hitting a very
rough patch in trade relations, in the latter part of this year."
The first question for Mr. Obama in his meeting with Senate Democrats
came from Senator Arlen Specter, Democrat of Pennsylvania, and it was
about China. What, he asked, did the president plan to do to respond to
China's "unfair trade advantage," which he said caused the huge trade
Mr. Obama talked about enforcing existing trade agreements, before
raising the issue of exchange rates. If the United States was able to
increase its exports to Asia by a single percentage point, he said, it
would generate thousands, maybe millions, of new jobs in the country.
Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, urged the president to
put China on the list of currency manipulators, something the
administration has not done in its first two reports.
Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, who has sponsored
legislation that would impose sanctions on China for its currency
policy, said he hoped the popular mood would push the White House.
"One of the main causes of the public's discontent is that they feel
China doesn't treat us fairly, and that no one is doing anything about
it," Mr. Schumer said in an interview. "That may importune the
administration to act, but if they don't, there's a strong move in
Congress to do so."
Another factor affecting the administration may be shifting economic
fortunes in both countries. China is rebounding faster from the
recession than the United States, and as it does, the imbalances that
result from its artificially depressed currency could become even
Economists estimate that China's currency, the renminbi, is undervalued
by at least 25 percent and as much as 40 percent, relative to the
dollar and other currencies. That gap, they say, is wider than at any
time since 2005, when Beijing, under pressure from the Bush
administration, allowed the renminbi to rise modestly.
Given that, the administration hopes China, on its own, will come to
recognize the need for a new currency policy.
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there's a greater appreciation in China of policies that would stimulate
internal growth and make it less dependent on exports," said a senior
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The administration's point person on China's currency is the Treasury
secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, who has an awkward history on the
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in Beijing.
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I've fallen out of the habit of posting projects here lately, but I really want to get back in to it. I love browsing the project gallery and getting inspired. Must do my part!
I made a maternity coat from the August 2008 issue of Burdastyle. A fellow sewist graciously traced a copy of the pattern for me. You can read my original blog post about the project here
It is a really nice maternity pattern. An empire style jacket with enough room for a belly without looking like a tent or a linebacker. I did make a muslin and found that the neckline was very high and tight. I made some alterations, including a different collar. I also added width to the sleeve so I could slip it on over sweaters. I have worn the jacket everyday since I made it in December. It has been invaluable to have a coat that buttons over my big pregnant belly! I actually see myself wearing this coat next winter even when I'm not pregnant. I think the style of the coat suits regular wear, too.
The pattern calls for the jacket to be made out of suede, but I used an acrylic suiting I had in my stash. It's not the best fabric in the world but it's warm. This is all the coat I need where I live. It doesn't get seriously cold. I lined the jacket with flannel except for the sleeves. I used a slippery lining so it would be easy to get on and off. I didn't make buttonholes simply because my machine wouldn't cooperate. I sewed on snaps instead. I struggled with the sleeve vents but that's not due to the pattern. Just my skill level. I'm not happy with the way they look at all but at least I don't see them while wearing the jacket.
Some acrylic suiting for the shell that is very warm and fuzzy, flannel for lining, poly blend lining for sleeve lining
Jan 26, 2013, 09.39 AMby Mary Athey
This is lovely.and.what.fab lining. Congrats on the baby. I love looking through the projects as well x
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Eine sehr sehr hübsche Jacke, sie wird auch später gute Dienste leisten. Herzliche Grüße!
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On 2008-05-26 18:09 +0200, schoappied wrote:
> I was thinking about the sure SM58, like dp was talking about.
The SM57 and SM58 are the same capsule in different bodies. The
SM58 has a grille which may give better results for singers who
pop their Ps but messes with the response (as in "makes the mic
sound a lot worse"). For a string instrument there probably
isn't any reason to prefer the SM58 over the SM57.
The SM57 is said to benefit from being plugged into a
preamplifier that has a low input impedance, i.e. 600 ohms.
Your sound card input is likely closer to 50 kohms. If you're
handy with a soldering iron, you could try soldering a 680 ohms
resistor across the hot and cold terminals and see if it
improves the sound.
I doubt an SM57 would be the first mic any engineers try on
acoustic guitar. But it probably wouldn't be the last, either.
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Do you wait until it gets really cold to start planning a warm-weather getaway?
I'm guilty of this, and it invariably becomes a mad scramble to coordinate everyone's work schedules and to make travel arrangements. Ugh.
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Changing gears ever so slightly (that's code in my family for completely and utterly), let's turn our attention to something that matters a bit more than your to-do list. Of course, your to-do list might matter quite a bit in any of several different contexts.
One form of value associated with a to-do list could be as an indicator that you are still employed. In today's economy, that might mean quite a bit.
A layer up from at-least-I-have-a-job, a to-do list could mean that you are focused on activities that mean something to people who mean something to you. That could be anywhere from the proverbial honey-do list to things you want to do for your honey.
Moving up from there, you might have a series of to-do's tied to meaningful goals. A meaningful goal could range from something relevant to your job, business or career, over to something you are trying to accomplish in your family, relationships, or personal health.
And then there's the question of how much any of this matters in the first place.
So what's the first place, anyway? And who cares? And why?
The Inspiration Behind Aspiration
A personal perspective here: I have a spiritual reference point toward life - my life, your life, life in general. I won't belabor you with any particular dogma, other than to say that my way of walking through each day starts with the presumption that all things come from God (substitute any name you might prefer here), that God loves all of Its creation, and that not one soul will be lost.
Now, if you followed me around each day, and especially if you could not only hear me out loud, but also hear my inner voice, you would know that what I just said about my approach to life is a lot more about my aspiration in life than it is about my actual experience of day-to-day reality.
I do aspire to a life where I can see the good in all things, where I can approach all people and all situations with loving, caring, peace and acceptance.
And then there's that jerk who just did something that was, well, jerky. And it gets worse from there. Bernie Madoff pisses me off, but not much more than any of the other greedy leeches out there masquerading as someone trying to help me succeed.
So, you can see what I mean about the difference between aspiration and actual experience. Clearly, I have a lot to learn. (Both about whom to trust for financial advice, and how to embrace those who would do me harm.)
And yet, I have found that when I am in contact with a deeper essence of who I am, when I am both in a state of inner peace and reflecting that peace outwardly, when I am in my loving, compassion and caring, I tend to experience my life in a much more balanced, fulfilled and harmonious way.
So part of my aspiration in life is to experience and radiate those qualities that reflect loving, caring and grace.
Ultimately, I think life is about fulfilling our aspirations, guided by our inspiration. If you play around with words as I have, you will likely find that inspiration comes from the Latin and/or Old French and means to "breathe in spirit."
Aspiration reflects a longing, seeking or desire toward something of great value. Now "great value" represents a tricky notion all by itself. Some people have aspirations that are much more narrow than the notion I am moving toward here, and yet underneath most any aspiration, lies an element of inspiration.
In today's vernacular, you can be inspired by a novel, a television show, or even a decent ad campaign. Inspiration can also take shape as an innovative idea regarding your work or a thought about how to help a friend in need.
Indeed, we all have likely experienced different levels of inspiration, from the mundane to the divine. Sorting out the meaning and direction of that which inspires us is part of the game of life.
It is the notion of divine inspiration that moves me and it is toward a divinely inspired life that I aspire in my day-to-day existence.
That doesn't mean that I aspire to a life measured by rituals, holy-person garb, or by restrictive demands on righteous behavior. But it does mean that I aspire to live life in alignment with my spiritual values, in a way that is practical and fruitful.
How Do You Aspire to an Inspired Life?
I aspire to a life of substance, meaning, service, and contribution, inspired by the divine, characterized by the qualities of loving, caring, compassion, empathy, acceptance and understanding. And I also aspire to live life in ways that are practical, meaningful and successful.
The next series of posts will address these kinds of questions:
• What do you aspire toward?
• What is your source of inspiration?
• How do you combine inspiration and aspiration and wind up with something of value, meaning and substance?
• How can you live in alignment with your core personal and spiritual values and still make life work at a practical level?
• How can you achieve success in the physical world while being a conscious steward of the planet?
• How can you create an abundant life without taking advantage of others along the way?
Please leave a comment or drop me an email with ideas, questions or suggestions. I would very much like these posts to be as relevant as possible and your contributions make a huge difference.
You can find out more about Russell Bishop at http://www.lessonsinthekeyoflife.com. Contact Russell at: firstname.lastname@example.com
The author of Lessons in the Key of Life, Russell is an Educational Psychologist, professional life coach and management consultant, based in Santa Barbara California.
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7Nov 15, '09 by elprupPBS has a 30 min video on the nursing shortage. It actually touches on many of the problems we are all facing and have been discussing. No real answers....but hopefully enlightening to non nurses/non medical persons who watch PBS by providing a look into the reality/extremes nurses face everyday at work, obtaining education and searching for employment and how they can be affected as patients.
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Saturday, January 07
E.A. Diddle Arena
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Western Kentucky
Bowling Green, KY (Sports Network) - Tim Owens hit the tie-breaking bucket with four seconds left in regulation to lift the Troy Trojans to its first Sun Belt victory, 67-65, over the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at E.A. Diddle Arena.
Owens finished with 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting for Troy (6-9, 1-3 Sun Belt) while bringing down seven rebounds. Justin Wright sparked the Trojans off the bench with a game-high 17 points. Ray Chambers and Alan Jones also contributed to an impressive bench output for Troy, adding 14 and 10 points respectively. Will Weathers dished out eight assists as well.
For Western Kentucky (5-12, 1-3), Derrick Gordon led the way with 16 points on 5-of-13 shooting and grabbed six rebounds. Jamal Crook netted 12 and Vinny Zollo threw in 11 points for the Hilltoppers.
WKU took a 36-30 advantage into halftime thanks to knocking down 16 of its 31 first-half field goal attempts. The Hilltoppers were able to hold the Trojans to just 36.7 percent shooting in the half.
Troy came roaring back in the second half however, ripping off a 25-6 run to open the frame in order to take a 55-42 lead with 11:26 to play. Western Kentucky clawed their way back though, pulling even, 65-65, with 2:30 to go. Both teams went cold down the stretch, until Owens nailed the game winner in the waning moments.
This was WKU's first game with interim head coach Ray Harper. Former coach Ken McDonald was fired following the Hilltoppers 72-70 overtime loss to Louisiana on Thursday, where replays showed that the Ragin' Cajuns had six players on the court when they hit the game-winning shot with just three seconds remaining.
The win snaps Troy's four game losing streak.
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Implementing the BankAccount Class |
This example discusses the design and implementation of a simple class. To design a class that represents a bank account, first determine the elements of data and the operations that form your abstraction of a bank account. For example, a bank account has:
An account number
An account balance
A current status (open, closed, etc.)
You need to perform certain operations on a bank account:
Deposit money
Withdraw money
You might also want the bank account to send a notice if the balance is too low and an attempt is made to withdraw money. When this event occurs, the bank account can broadcast a notice to other entities that are designed to listen for these notices, such as an account manager program. The account manager program can take action in response to the event.
In this class, the status of all bank accounts is determined by an account manager program that looks at the account balance and assigns one of three values:
open — Account balance is a positive value
overdrawn — Account balance is overdrawn, but by $200 or less.
closed — Account balance is overdrawn by more than $200.
MATLAB® classes store data in properties, implement operations with methods, and support notifications with events and listeners. Therefore, the bank account class needs to implement these components, which are discussed in the following sections.
The class needs to define these properties to store the account number, account balance, and the account status:
AccountNumber — MATLAB assigns a value to this property when you create an instance of the class.
AccountBalance — The class operation of depositing and withdrawing money assigns values to this property.
AccountStatus — MATLAB sets this property to an initial value when an instance of the class is created. It is then changed by methods from the AccountManager class whenever the value of the AccountBalance falls below 0.
The first two properties contain information that only the class can change, so the SetAccess attribute is set to private (only class methods can set these values).
An external program sets the value of the AccountStatus property. This program needs access to the property, so the property's SetAccess attribute is left as public (any code can access this property value).
There are three operations that the class must be able to perform, so there needs to be three methods:
deposit — Update the AccountBalance property when a deposit transaction occurs
withdraw — Update the AccountBalance property when a withdrawal transaction occurs
BankAccount — Create an initialized instance of the class
The account manager program changes the status of bank accounts having negative balances. To implement this action, the BankAccount class triggers an event when a withdrawal results in a negative balance. Therefore, the triggering of the InsufficientsFunds event occurs from within the withdraw method.
To define an event, specify a name within an events block. Trigger the event by a call to the notify handle class method. Because InsufficientsFunds is not a predefined event, you can name it with any string and trigger it with any action.
It makes sense for there to be only one set of data associated with any instance of a BankAccount class. You would not want independent copies of the object that could have, for example, different values for the account balance. Therefore, the BankAccount class should be implemented as a handle class. All copies of a given handle object refer to the same data.
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classdef BankAccount < handle properties (Hidden) AccountStatus = 'open'; end % The following properties can be set only by class methods properties (SetAccess = private) AccountNumber AccountBalance = 0; end % Define an event called InsufficientFunds events InsufficientFunds end methods function BA = BankAccount(AccountNumber,InitialBalance) BA.AccountNumber = AccountNumber; BA.AccountBalance = InitialBalance; % Calling a static method requires the class name % addAccount registers the InsufficientFunds listener on this instance AccountManager.addAccount(BA); end function deposit(BA,amt) BA.AccountBalance = BA.AccountBalance + amt; if BA.AccountBalance > 0 BA.AccountStatus = 'open'; end end function withdraw(BA,amt) if (strcmp(BA.AccountStatus,'closed')&& BA.AccountBalance < 0) disp(['Account ',num2str(BA.AccountNumber),' has been closed.']) return end newbal = BA.AccountBalance - amt; BA.AccountBalance = newbal; % If a withdrawal results in a negative balance, % trigger the InsufficientFunds event using notify if newbal < 0 notify(BA,'InsufficientFunds') end end % withdraw end % methods end % classdef
The AccountManager class provides two methods that implement and register a listener for the InsufficientsFunds event, which is defined for all BankAccount objects. The BankAccount class constructor method calls addAccount to register the listener for the instance being created.
classdef AccountManager methods (Static) function assignStatus(BA) if BA.AccountBalance < 0 if BA.AccountBalance < -200 BA.AccountStatus = 'closed'; else BA.AccountStatus = 'overdrawn'; end end end function addAccount(BA) % Call the handle addlistener method % Object BA is a handle class addlistener(BA, 'InsufficientFunds', ... @(src, evnt)AccountManager.assignStatus(src)); end end end
Note that the AccountManager class is never instantiated. It serves as a container for the event listener used by all BankAccount objects.
The BankAccount class, while overly simple, demonstrates how MATLAB classes behave. For example, create a BankAccount object with a serial number and an initial deposit of $500:
BA = BankAccount(1234567,500); BA.AccountNumber ans = 1234567 BA.AccountBalance ans = 500 BA.AccountStatus ans = open
Now suppose you make a withdrawal of $600, which results in a negative account balance:
BA.withdraw(600) BA.AccountBalance ans = -100 BA.AccountStatus ans = overdrawn
When the $600 withdrawal occurred, the InsufficientsFunds event was triggered. Because the AccountBalance is not less than –$200, the AccountStatus was set to overdrawn:
BA.withdraw(200) BA.AccountBalance ans = -300 BA.AccountStatus ans = closed
Now the AccountStatus has been set to closed by the listener and further attempts to make withdrawals are blocked:
BA.withdraw(100) Account 1234567 has been closed
If the AccountBalance is returned to a positive value by a deposit, then the AccountStatus is returned to open and withdrawals are allowed again:
BA.deposit(700) BA.AccountStatus ans = open BA.withdraw(100) BA.AccountBalance ans = 300


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Ah, I see. If a country in Europe does it it's protecting people from "hate speech" or "slander", but if China does it it's "censorship". Funny, as an American I'm having a hard time seeing that well-nigh invisible dividing line between the two. Do I need my EU-approved secret decoder ring for this?


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On the 9 December 2014, the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) will officially launch at the Museum of London. All members will be invited to celebrate the occasion as well as discuss the future of CIfA and what chartered status means to the sector. CIfA will also be holding its Annual General Meeting at the launch and are inviting accredited corporate members to stand for election to the Board of Directors or the Advisory Council for the Chartered Institute.
On 4 March Scottish Government published Our Place in Time - The Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland. The strategy, which is welcomed by IfA in letters a foot tall on the inside front cover, sets out a direction and vision, and the ways in which Scotland's historic environment will be managed to deliver real and increasing benefits to Scotland's people. The development of the strategy was a collaborative exercise by many players in the Scottish heritage world, and so will its implementation be.
English Heritage has developed a Strategy for developing Research Resources as part of our capacity-building activities which is set out in the essential Supporting Actions of the National Heritage Protection Plan. It also draws on the recommendations of the Southport Group report (2011). It is hoped that the strategy will help coordinate and guide the development of a new generation of Research Frameworks and develop a prioritisation process for future Reference Resources.
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I received outstanding help in response to a recent post so I'm back for more. This time I have questions about a new compost pile I began one week ago. Equal amounts of shredded leaves and freshly cut grass were mixed in a wire bin (diameter = 36"). I had fewer leaves than usual_ that's a different story_ so the mix was only 3' high. It is now about 30" but is still mildly hot in the center. What should signify the best time to turn it? And how frequently should it be turned thereafter? From this point on, I thought I'd only have kitchen scraps to add to the bin. But I do have oak leaves from last fall that I could shred and add. I've never used oak leaves before; I read that there is controversy regarding the use of these leaves in making compost. What's everyone's opinion? Other than the oak leaves and vegetable peelings, etc. from the kitchen and, of course, cut grass, I can't think of anything else I'll have in quantity to add. As always, I'll be most appreciative of your guidance in these matters. |
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- Posted by cold_weather_is_evil Tucson 9a/b desert (My Page) on Tue, May 27, 14 at 13:23
When do you want the compost? if you're piling up for next year, don't bother with any of that; just pile on "anything that's ever grown". Then the bin becomes a quiet little container back in the corner rather than a hot composter. This is, of course, the lazy method much preferred in this neck of the Sahara. The longer the time scale one has to play with, the easier it all is. However, that's easy to say when there have been a few years to work on it. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Tue, May 27, 14 at 13:29
Even when I had a triple bin and was making compost like crazy, I only turned my batches twice. In about 6 months I had compost. You can turn when it starts to cool off, and really as many times as you want, but a lot of turning is not really necessary if you have time for nature to work. Shred those oak leaves and keep a pile by the compost bin. Whenever you add kitchen scraps or other greens, layer them on top. |
- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Tue, May 27, 14 at 14:55
^^^ what he said. Keep piling it up and it will become compost. When you need compost next year, break the bin down and take out the good stuff. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Cheap no-turn compost method
Do you want to, or like to, turn? It isn't critical. I'd go by temperatures. Once the temp has peaked and is starting to go down I turn (if weather permits). In the tumblers I often tumble every day or second day and certainly every time I add scraps. I have no issues with using oak leaves (especially shredded ones). I use lots of them as my property is 90% oak trees. I especially like it when I use the mower/lawn vac in the fall and get that perfect mix of grass clippings and shredded oak leaves. Heat within hours is not unusual. Oak leaves, kitchen scraps and grass clippings are all perfect ingredients for making compost IMO. Good luck. Lloyd |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Tue, May 27, 14 at 16:26
Yep, nothing like a steamy hot pile on a crisp fall morning! |
There is a school of thought that says Oak leaves cannot be used in gardens because they are too acidic, which is nonsense. Oak leaves do have a pH of about 3.8 and Maple leaves have a pH of about 3.2 and people do not concern themselves about those Maple leaves. Oak leaves, or any other deciduous tree leave are just fine as composting material. How often should you turn your compost pile? Depends. How quickly do you want finished compost? If you want it in two weeks (14 day composting) you will need to be quite aggressive about turning but if you do not need any until next year you can be much more laid back about it and maybe not turn the material at all. One method is to monitor the core temperature and when that starts to decline turn the material. That could be every 3 to 5 days. Turning means putting the stuff that was on the outside into the center, not just moving the stuff around a bit. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Wed, May 28, 14 at 11:05
Just for the benefit of the OP (I know kimmsr already knows), those acids are organic acids similar to vinegar, and they are broken down during the composting process. Oak leaves may also be a bit more waxy and tough so they don't break down as fast whole, but the shredding will take care of that. I never look down my nose at a leaf. |
- Posted by terratoma 7a (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, May 29, 14 at 15:09
Thanks to all of you who have been so generous with your advice. It's nice to know that these suggestions are backed up by experience. You're helping to make the learning curve for me a lot less steep. I shredded those oak leaves yesterday. (Had a lot fewer than I expected.) But it will be the perfect amount to add to the veggie trimmings over the summer. Grass is one of those things that "more is not always better." Way back when I was younger, I saw a neighbor build his "compost" out of nothing but grass; every week he would dump the fresh grass on previous piles. Ammonia City!! Ended up a gooey mess. But I'm now at a point that, other than the oak leaves and peels from the kitchen, grass is about all I'll have in any quantities. ( I do recycle all the paper that comes through the mail. No newsprint, though.) I'm wondering if I can gradually add small bits of grass to the pile without harming it. Again, many thanks and hope to hear from everyone! |
Grass clippings can be a very good source of Nitrogen, but should not be more than about 1 part to 3 parts of a Carbon source. so roughly an inch of grass clippings to 3 inches of, say, shredded leaves. |
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Do not hesitate to consult the FAQ to find answers to your questions
The guide will steer you through the basics of the Virtual Regatta game - how to play, where to find information, how to get help and how to be active in the VR community.
In the "How to Play" section, you will find everything you need to improve your sailing skills.
You can find the "How to Play" section just under the play button for each race.
When you purchase an option or an options pack for a race, they are only available for that race only (all race legs included).
The options allow you to manoeuver your boat more easily for the duration of a race.
When you have purchased one or more options for a race, advertisements will not appear on your interface and you gain have privileged access to the control panel from the satellite view. If you do not want advertisements to be displayed, you must purchase at least one option for that race.
Send us an e-mail with your invoice attached so that we can fix your problem as soon as possible!
If you have accidently made multiple purchases or have been debited multiple times, send us your invoice and your banking information and we will try to fix the error as quickly as we can.
If you pass the buoy correctly it will change from orange to green within 10 minutes. If the buoy does not change colour, it probably means that you did not pass it in the right direction. If however the buoy does not turn green and you are sure that you completed the manoeuver correctly, we recommend visiting the forum to make sure that you haven't just encountered a general problem or bug. If it's the case, continue on your route, the problem will be corrected by our staff shortly and validations will be made later.
Warning, if you turn around after the buoy to pass it in the opposite direction cancels the passage and the buoy will turn back to orange. You cannot finish the race if you don't validate each buoy.
If you need help the race instructions are available on the game interface. The forum is also a good source of information if you have any doubts concerning the course.
Satellite view is available from the blue banner on the bottom of the game interface (the same banner from where you access the race instructions).
Satellite view provides users with an overall view of skippers on the current course in near real-time (satellite images are updated every 30 minutes).
From the top menu (accessible to all users), there are 3 search fields to choose from:
For players with one or more options purchased for the race an additional function is available at the bottom of the chart, The Timeline.
This menu appears when you scroll your mouse over the lower part of the chart. The curser will become a small hand.
This function includes 3 tools: a cursor and two time selections.
With the cursor you can select different times in the race to return to and play over again. The two time selections allow you to navigate with a precision of up to 30 minutes from the departure of the race until the present time.
After an arrival, it is possible to replay the entire race and to continue observe competitors with a more global vision in real-time and in the past.
Beware: if you play from your office, it is possible that your company's internet security will block access to the full game.
Problems can be encountered with certain browsers and some functions are not available in full screen mode (google chrome/ IE8). We recommend using classic browsers like Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer 7.
To empty the cache, follow the following instructions:
You can change the name of your boat at any time from the "My VR" menu under "My Information"
Warning! You can only change names 3 times per year.
Users who join the race after the departure will be automatically placed at the position of our pilot boat.
Verify that the confirmation e-mail has not been sent to your junk mail.
In order to allow you to anticipate the changing winds in advance, in the toolbar you can now preview the updated weather forecast 2 hours before it goes online. By clicking on the +12H option from 6H and 18H onwards, you will be able to view the updated weather forecast.
Our weather information is provided by an external service provider and is updated several times a day using existing weather models.
There are many models available and the previsions can change often.Unfortunately, meteorology is far from being an exact science.
These blotches represent zones with a high probability of icebergs. They are available for Virtual Regatta using experimental software created by CLS, a supplier of Sodebo Sailing Team.
Updates in these zones are carried out once a week throughout the duration of the race.
Navigation is more difficult in these areas because of the increased probability of encountering growlers or icebergs. The speed of the boat is greatly reduced in these areas. Skippers have to consider this reduction of speed in their strategy if they want to pass through these areas.
The zone of the 60th parallel south is often referred to as the Shrieking or Screaming Sixties (Like the Roaring Forties and the Furious Fifties), it could also be known as the Icy 60s because of the icebergs or the Strident 60s because of the lack of land forms.
Navigating in this area requires great vigilance. In the game, boats slowdown in this area, so pay attention when you enter it.
At -60 you lose 25% immediately, then speed reduces gradually to 75% until -61. Boat speed does not decrease more than -75%.
It does indeed! To avoid rewarding manoeuvers that are close together and to not penalise navigators who are less available, a penalty system for manoeuvers is in place. After each change of direction or sail, the speed of the boat is limited during the next two minutes that follow the manoeuver.
Yes, for two minutes after the change.
Yes, for the few minutes that follow the programming, even if it's at the end of the iteration. The slowdown will be carried over to the next iteration.
In races in interpolated winds, the regulator is not penalised. During races with fixed constant winds, every heading change is penalised, even it's done by the regulator.
The course between waypoints is orthodromic, the heading changes lightly with each iteration when waypoints are active. These tiny heading changes caused by the rhumb line are not penalised, only the heading changes resulting in the validation of a waypoint
Yes, you slow down with any sail change, manual or automatic.
You can program both the heading and the TWA independantly or together.
From the game dashboard you can select the time and the type of program (heading, wind angle). If you'd like to delete a line, the x button on the right hand side of the line allows you to do so.
To add a line, select the dark grey circle of the last line. If no more lines appear, you have reacher the manximum programming available.
24 hours prior to the departure the game interface becomes available on the race website. You can program your course in advance. Just make sure that you don't start before or after the starting time!
Once one or several lines have been programmed the provisional route will be displayed directly on the interface with the estimated time of arrival. It allows you to verify the programmed route on the chart.
The headings programmed will appear in as a linear progression whereas wind angles programmed are represented as a curved line influenced by the wind variations (which are based on the weather forecase available on the game interface).
The estimated route is calculated bu using the in-game weather forecast. It's possible that the actual route will be different than the forecast once an update has been made to the weather conditions.
On the screenshot below there are hourly intervals which indicate where your boat will be after x hours (1h, 2h, etc.) and programming intervals (P1, P2) which indicate the programming choices that you've scheduled.
1. Click on then select the first program line P1. The heading program interface is now available for you to modify.
2. Enter the time that you would like your heading to change. Use the + and - buttons. The heading wil change at the time that you indicate.
3. Click on the button to visualize the heading changes or on to visualize the TWA evolution which will help you regulate your sail direction.
Note: Programming a fixed wind angle that follows the wind is possible.
(In certain cases, the boat may be visulaized on the interfance with an abnormal heading before it adjusts to the wind. This heading with be corrected when the game motor refreshes (every 10 minutes. It is therefore advised that you do not modify your heading before the motor refreshes.)
4. Enter the heading or wind angle to follow using the + and - buttons or use the heading wheel.
5. Click on the checkmark to validate your autoheading
6. Click on the secon line P2 to enter a new program and repeat steps 2 through 5.
Note: It is possible to program several heading changes during the same iteration.
When several scheduled events take place in the same iteration, only the last one is visible on the chart. Without exception all scheduled events will be applied by the game motor.
To delete a scheduled event click the and then validate your choice to confirm the change.
Note: The visualized course on the game interface is an ESTIMATE of your route, it is not guaranteed that your boat will follow the exact route projected.
In a grounding your speed is always visible so you can see how to move your boat by the wind. If you find yourself grounded, try to make a u-turn (180 °), or try transferring from one bank the next in order to get out. There is no automatic ungrounding, so you will have to navigate yourself back out to sea.
Waypoints are a quick and easy way to make course adjustments when you can't be at the helm yourself. Once you've bought the Waypoints package you will have 100 waypoints to use. This is how you use them:
Once you arrive within 20 nautical miles of the buoy at the finish line your ranking will be calculated and your boat will be automatically sent to the port. The dotted circle is only an approximate representation of the distance to the buoy.
Once you have touched the finishing circle the race is not entirely over, you have to wait until the next time the server refreshes for you boat to be counted as finished. Your finishing time will then be calculated according to the distance left between your boat and the buoy at the finishing line.
The ranking is determined by the shortest distance to the buoy. Be careful to be well oriented toward the buoy and not towards another point in the circle.
The course is studded with many invisible buoys that are used to determine the ranking and the remaining distance in the race.
As long as these buoys have not been validated the remaining distance will be false. It is only once the buoys have been validated can there is a significant change in the remaining distance and consequently, big changes can occur in the provisional ranking.
Therefore the provisional ranking does not have a strategic interest for players. It's your own analysis regarding the route and your strategy that you have chosen that will make a difference.
Other users ranking information is updated with a delay of 10 minutes on your interface. Keep this in mind.
The orange lines indicate the race course. It is not based on a calculation. However, it does conform the race rules. It is necessarily the best route to follow.
The trail is in no way orthodremic.
In order to save space, trajectories of boats are smoothed out so that not every detail of the track is shown.
This can sometimes mean that a boat can appear to have missed a mark or gate or appears to have sailed across land. This can be a little disconcerting!
Boats cannot sail across land and skippers who attempt this will run aground.
Boats which miss a mark will not be able to complete the course and will see that their distance to finish will increase as they sail away from the mark that they missed.
When you use the trim regulator in areas that are close to the center of depressions of anticyclones you may be turned around quickly because the direction of the wind changes very fast.
If you have complaints about the wind display or about the positioning of other players
Verify that you are looking at the actual wind and not the wind predictions (12h, 24h, 36h…).
Player position information is not updated on your computer at the same time as yours. You are the priority. Information about other players is updated with a delay of 10 minutes. You shouldn't be surprised if you see inconsistent information, this isn't a bug. Our server manages all players in real –time but this takes up a great deal of resources which is why information is not updated immediately.
If I do a manual heading change will it calculate your progress for the 10 mins based on the heading at the end of the 10 mins?
Your progress is based on the heading the engine knows at the time it runs, from the last computation untill the next. For example, if last computation was at 10:07, you change heading at 10:15, the engine runs at 10:17, it computes you with the heading you set at 10:10, from 10:07 untill 10:17. Note that not all races runs on minutes 7.
Yes, absolutely. For instance, if you scheduled 10:12 and engines runs at 10:17, you will have followed the initial heading for 5 minutes (10:07-10:12) and the scheduled one for 5 minutes again (10:12-10:17)
After a wind update, the engine computes moves using the news files. So it is running at 08:05, for instance, boats are moved from 7:55 to 8:05 with the news winds. Because of this, you can consider that the wind is changed before it really is. The effective winds are updated only at 08:00 and 20:00 (Paris time), but the forecasts are also updated at 00:00, 06:00, 12:00 and 20:00, also Paris time (of course they can be updated at 08:00 and 20:00). The +12h forecasts that appear at 06:00 and 18:00 will be used as effective 2 hours later, even if our provider was late in delivering its files. Wind updates actually occur one minute before those times, to be sure that everyone have the good winds at the sharp times.
No, when the engine runs after a wind update, it uses the winds it knows, the new ones. Winds change at 20:00 (Paris), so, at 20:07, you progress from 19:57 till 20:07 with the new winds, even if you scheduled any heading change in-between.
Yes, absolutely.
If you program at 7, you will follow this heading from 7 till 17.
Be careful : A strange phenomenon occurs at wind updates with scheduled TWAs when you set it exactely on the minute of the last engine run, which is the best time for it. Let's assume the engine run on minutes 7, at 19:57, when it computes your boat, it changes you heading to apply the scheduled TWA, but based on the old winds, the one it knows. This heading can seem pretty weird if you look at your boat between 19:57 and 20:07, like going north while you planned to go south. If you don't touch your heading (say you trust the system and have good time with your family), you won't notice. At 20:07, the engine will apply the correct TWA again and will send you where you planned. However, if you don't trust the system, and change your current TWA, then it can be a good thing or a very bad one. If you do it after you see the updated wind on the game, it's ok, no problem, what you see is what you'll get. If you do it without keeping the trim regulator on, it's also ok, you will follow this heading. But if you change heading with the trim regulator ON before having the winds updated on the game, then you'll end-up with a wrong heading after the winds have changed and the engine have ran. This is because what you set when you change heading with the trim regulator ON is not a heading change command, but a TWA change command.
In conclusion of this warning, never change your heading with the trim regulator ON at wind updates before seeing the new winds on your interface.
You can change the appearance of your boat from the game interface or from your port. Make sure that you're personalizing the right boat! Every race has a list of available boats.
If you forgot your password go to: www.virtualregatta.com/oublipass.php
If you want to change your password, go to « My Profile ».
If you want to change your e-mail address go to « My Profile » then, « My Account »
The change will not be taken into account immediately. An e-mail will be sent to your original e-mail address to confirm the new one. The e-mail contains a link that you let you change your e-mail address.
To make your flag appear on your boat, you have to confirm your nationality under « My Profile » then "My Account".
The majority of cellphones and tablets do not support the « Flash Player » plugin which is required to play Virtual Regatta. The game was developed from Flash Player which is why you need it to play the game. This is why we developed mobile applications. Download the application that works for your on the "store" that you use.
Verify that your connection is stable (not in the subways, tunnels, etc.) and that your reception is good. Make sure that you haven't activated the options accidently. If you have problems with any of the regulators, trust that we are working on the problems and that they will normally be fixed at the next update!
Contact by email email@example.com and please provide the following information
* The URL you use to play * Your Nickname / Boat name * The time when the problem occurs * If it's a temporary or permanent effect * A screen capture of the game * Your Cap * And a description of your problem
The VSR is an annual ranking system to determine the best virtual skipper of the year. The system takes both Inshore and Offshore performances into account. All races starting after January 1st of the calendar year will count toward the ranking. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in December at the Nautic Paris Boatshow.
The Virtual Sailing Ranking, it's a prize money up to $20 000 for the 10 best scores in the 2015 Virtual Regatta Games!
A classification from 1-6 is applied to each race. Each rank has a different points system.
- The Transat Jacques Vanre is a race with a rank of 1. The winner of the race will receive 1,000,000 points. The last to arrive will receive 10 points.
- The Bergen Virtual Regatta Inshore Challenge is a challenge with a rank of 6. The first to arrive receives 10,000 points and the last to arrive receives 10 points.
Depending on your position a number of points will be attributed.
- For the first 10% to arrive:
My points = 1st place points x 1/ square root of my position
- Under the first 10% the distribution is a descending linear relationship to the number of points for the last person ranked in the race.
The number of points obtained in each race are taken into account for a total overall rank.
The ranking is calculated over a period of 104 weeks: races from the past 52 weeks are taken into account at 100% and the races from the past 53-104 weeks are take into account at 50%. This will ensure that the classification system never has a drop back to 0.
At the end of the calendar year, a winner will be defined.
How can I see my position in the VSR?
There is a "Ranking" tab on the Virtual Regatta homepage.
Only your top 5 races will be taken into account (your highest scored performances). Your best performances are indicated on the ranking interface with a blue "thumbs-up" symbol. If it's not in your top 5, it's indicated by a red "thumbs-down".
Before the start of each race or challenge, the rank of the race will be announced. It will be indicated on each game interface with icons (as indicated below).
The information about the opponents is displayed on your screen with a +/- 10min latency, that's why you may read some inconsistancy when observing them (rank,course/speed/wind).


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quote:Was it the Gauntlet 3 where he about died after barely running during the final event?
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quote:Camilla may be challenging Paula for freakouts per season.
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quote:Sara is so annoyingly earnest. I would hate to hear her talk about her tattoos, I'm sure they're all very "meaningful".
quote:Just looking at him I think he is at 220 lbs. Big guy with zero muscle tone.
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